In November I was lucky enough to join an expedition to explore one of the least explored mountainous regions of Northern Myanmar. This part of the Himalayas takes a lot of planning and logistics to get to. Visas,army approval,sponsors,internal flights,trekking…
Autumn hues Acer palmatum There is something special about the woodland garden in autumn. I love the still misty mornings, the beaded water droplets on silky spider’s webs and territorial Robins making their chirpy presence known from every covert.…
What a lovely summer it is. There have been occasional showers to compliment the heat, the fields are full of golden brown wheat looking splendid against a blue sky backdrop, and garden flowers exuberant in the summer sunshine. Following a…
A quick dash around the garden in the first week of June , avoiding the showers, has revealed what can only be compared to an old Chinese celebration, and that is ‘The year of the weed’. The constant wet combined…
It has been a while since my last blog, mostly because I believe in hands on management which means I do end up working out in the garden in most weathers. I may venture out to place plants in…